by Web Editor | Mar 6, 2015 | News
With the deep freeze that has inundated the eastern half of the United States contributing to the drop, prices for logs and lumber processed on the West Coast have dipped over the last couple of months. Sales are down and wood inventories are up. The market today is...
by Web Editor | Oct 6, 2014 | News
U.S. lumber prices softened in mid-September on a seasonal lull in construction industry orders during another year in which hopes for strong gains in housing starts were disappointed, industry experts said. The framing lumber composite price, an industry benchmark...
by Web Editor | Mar 24, 2014 | News
The bitter winter froze homebuilders to start the year, but analysts and lumber producers expect demand to bounce back. Housing starts fell to an annual rate of 907,000 nationwide in February, down two-tenths of a percentage point from the January estimate, the U.S....
by Web Editor | Nov 22, 2013 | News
U.S. lumber prices have firmed in recent months as rising housing starts have put pressure on lean inventories, creating a supply shortage that has yet to fully unwind, executives and industry experts told MNI. Some further gains can be expected in 2014 as the housing...
